Last month, Neptune Theatre hosted the latest in our ongoing series of benefit shows as KEXP, Starbucks and STG presented Little Big Show #9, with 100% of ticket sales going to local non-profit Hugo House. Headliners, and long-time KEXP favorites, Cloud Cult performed a typically uplifting set, as dynamic emotionally as musically. Following the release of their latest live album, Unplug, the Minnesota band split their set between acoustic and electric instrumentation, reinterpreting some old favorites and reinvigorating some forgotten ones. Seattle's own Benjamin Verdoes — formerly of Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band and currently of Iska Dhaaf — opened with a heartfelt set from his recent solo LP, The Evil Eye. Thanks to all who came out for the show, Little Big Show #9 raised over $12,000 for Hugo House. Find out more about Hugo house here, check out photos from the show here and here, and watch videos here:
Cloud Cult:
Benjamin Verdoes:
Leather-clad bad boys, Drowners, rushed over to the KEXP studio for a live session so great, it left us all gasping for air. Taking their name from a Suede song, the group cites influence from one of the greatest Brit-pop supergroups, often reaching the high bar of their namesake. Perhaps its the c…
Firing on all cylinders, Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley of Drive-By Truckers zipped over to the KEXP studio to play a couple of their songs off their newest album, English Oceans. With an eight-string, robust Kay Vintage guitar and silvery crooning, the two displayed their stripped-down prowess, il…
It's that time of the year again: KEXP teams up with Starbucks and STG to present Little Big Show #9, this Friday, May 16th at The Neptune Theatre with Cloud Cult and Benjamin Verdoes. 100% of ticket sales go to the youth programs at Hugo House, which you can read more about here.
